The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-07-22
The BIG NORMAL ENDS.
The Teachers Adjourn to Meet In SaR
Neutrality-suspicious. of the ResolutonS
Adopted-The Childrens' Exhibit.


The Teachers Adjourn to Meet In san
Franoiseo--Synopsis of the ResoluetonS
Adopted-fhe ChiIdrens' Exhibit.
CHICAGO, July 16-In the Educational
convention at Central Music Hall yester-
dag morning the COMMITTEES on ResolH-
tons, OF which Geu eral Thomas ). Nor
gan. of Rhode Island was chairman, pro-
scented long report, which was adopted.
The resolutions in brief. are as follows:
They regard the EDUCATION Of She youth Of
Our land as of supreme Importance. affecting
the stability, peace prosperity and happiness
of this republic. An increased public in ssresS
in the cause of education is recognized, as
well as q higher Professional spirit among
teachers and multiplication OF agencies to
equip them for their work. The advancemenS
and progress of work II our public schools
is shown i'll the charactsr OF the educs-
tional exhibit m this city. The lines OF growth
along which our school system sho1ld aeVeiop
is outlined by recommending more general
study of the philosophy of education; az sx~
tension Of strictly professional training IN
normal schools; more complete dIvorcemesit
of school offices from politics.; greater care
in the selection Of officers, sNperiptendeIfts
and teachers; the extension into rural dis
tricts of expert superintendent; more
stable tenure of office, the extension
of the school year and increase OF
teachers wages in the rural dfStrsets; the
adoption of some plan to retire old and faith
full feaeheps honorably; the passage Of lays
where necessary to secure attendance at pub
lie schools of oil of school age deficient
in the rudiments OF an English education;
the increase of public libraries, and closer
relation between them ana the Schools
the fostering OF the kindergarten and
the application OF It's spirit to the pr
mary grades; the recognition Of the Value OK
Industrial art; careful training Of neral char
acter; increased attention 70 instruction IN
civics as a special preparation for the duties OF
citizenship and the value of musical instrue-
ton The National Bureau of Education u
specially commended TO Congress as an
agency of increasing value, and worthy OF more
liberal support. Conviction of the urgent
necessity Of temporary federal aid M educa~
ting the illiterate masses of the South Is
affirmed. Interest is expressed in the educa~
ton of the Indians. and the liberal spirit
shown by congress in this direction commend-
ed. 70 The several State Legislatures the aEiop-
ton of laws is recommended requiring an
public schools instruction H physlolosy
and hygiene, WITH special reterence To
The injurious effects Of alcohol and naraot-
les: laws suppressing impure literature, aHd
laws forbidding the sale of tobacco 10 youth
Thanks were rendered ITO the retslsDg presi-
dent, the officers the local committees. no
railroads, the citizens OF Chicago, and the Local
press
The President then introduced General
Fraiieis n Walker, president OF the Mas
sachusetts Institute of Technology OF
Boston, who delivered lengthy address-ou
manual training.
Il In the afternoon the meetings of the DIFF
ferent departments were held, and in the
evening a fair audiences was present &C
Central. Music Hall tor listen 10 adiscus-
sion on s.What Can Be Done by Educators
to Enlighten and Arouse the People ana
Excite Public Sentiment in Favor OF Edu-
cationh At the close Of the discussion
the convention adjourned to meet next
year in San Francisco.
THE CHILDREN's E&HIBT.
CHICAGO, July 16-The National E1uca-
tional Expositionyis one of the most re-
markable exhibits of school work ever
seem Not all the speeches and lectures
that have been pronounced during the ses-
sion of the association viii more clearly
explain the difference between the OLD
methods of teaching and the new, and tins
actual achievements of modern teaching,
than this wonderful Illustration of what
training has done and is doing for the
school children of the present time.
The main exhibition embraces school
work from kinGergartens, from rural,
graded, high, normal, and industrial
schools, from colleges, and from institu-
tons for the blind, deaf and dumb and
feeble-minded, and from reformatory
schools. There is also an art department.
and various anneXes showing all Kinds OF
school furniture, apparatus, maps ana
charts, supplies, textbooks, school arcfil-
lecture including models, plans and ele-
vations, and other belongings OF schools
and school-houses.
Illinois has representatives fromtwenty-
two counties, as well as the various nublis
institutions, such as the Reform School ms
Pontiac, the asylum for the Blind, and
the Institute for the Deaf andfDumb at
Jacksonville. Chicago 10 represented "
sixty-nine grammar schools, three high
schools, one evening high school, and one
manual training school The Normal Uni
versity of Cook County makes also splen
did display.
Wisconsin makes the next finest exhibit,
being represented by high and graded
schools from eighteen counties, and also
from the school for the blind at JAMES,
vile, the school For the deaf and dumb,
and several indus trial schools.
indiana is represented by schools from
Lafayette and La Porte and by the Roso
Polytechnic School at Terre <Haute.
Ohio has displays of general school
work from Youngstown and Cleveland,
and from the manual training school at
Toledo.
Michigan has representatives from three
counties and Iowa from one. Minnesota
sends an exhibit from Winona, Colorado
one from the Institution for the Feeble
Minded at Golden Gate, Tennessee from
the Young Ladies' College at Nashville,
and Louisiana from the public schools or
New Orleans
Take it all together the Kindergarten de-
partment is perhaps the most interesting,
for the reason that the work Is that OF
children from four to seven years Of age.
and shows the harmonious development OF
all the various faculties Of child. One Of
the most interesting displays in this depart
ment is that of the kindergarten in the
school for the blind at GAINESVILLE, WIS.
This last is a wonderful Illustration OF
how this sort Of instruction, which deals
In form, dimension and color, may be
taught children who have never seen
the light of day.
The work Of the deaf and dumb children
has also many features Of great interest,
showing specimens Of pen -and-ink
sketches from nature, charcoal stud
les from nature and the casts, crayCn,
water-color, and oil stables from nature,
still life and the casts. they also have a
fine display of Woodworking and clay
modelling, and in the industrial depart
ment cabinet-wCrk, si1oemaking and priAt-
ing. The reform cchool exhibit is
mainly industrial work, and makes
an excellent display. The various
manual training schools make
very remarkable display.
Mrs. Logan Hurt.